Knife attachment for kicker-arms of binders.



A.J.EBERLY. KNIFE ATTACHMENT FOR KICKER ARMS 0F BINDERS. v

APPUCATION FILED AUGJ, l9l8.

1,302,644. Patented May 6, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR J. EBERLY, OlE INDEPENDENCE, INDIANA.

KNIFE ATTACHMENT FOR KIGKEE-ARMS 0F BINDERS.

Application filed August 3, 1918.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR J. EBERLY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Warren and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Knife Attachment for Kicker-Arms of Binders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a knife attachment for the kicker arm of a binder, one of its objects being to provide an arm with a knife blade which will cut the loose straw and vines, thereby to prevent them from wraping around the shaft of the arm and interfering with the operation of the machine.

Another object is to provide a knife which can be cheaply made and can be applied readily without requiring the services of a skilled mechanic.

I/Vith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain novel details of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that various changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as set forth in the appended claim.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a binder and showing the present improvement combined therewith.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 6, 1919.

Serial No. 248,116.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the kicker arm and the knife thereon.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference, 1 designates the delivery table of a binder and 2 designates the shaft from which extends the ordinary kicker arm 3. Arranged 011 one side of the arm 3 is a thin blade 4 one edge of which extends beyond the advancing edge of the arm 3 and is provided with sickle teeth 5. Bolts, rivets, or the like, indicated at 6, are utilized for fastening the blade to the arm and are eX- tended through suitable openings provided therefor in the arm.

When the kicker arm is in operation the toothed edge of the blade will move against and sever any straw or vines in the path thereof and there will thus be no danger of the material wrapping around the shaft 2 and interfering with the operation of the machine.

What is claimed is The combination with a shaft mounted for rotation, and a kicker arm extending from and revoluble with the shaft, of means for preventing vines from wrapping about the shaft, said means including a cutting blade secured to one side of the arm and having teeth upon the advancing edge projecting beyond the advancing edge of the arm.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR J. EBERLY.

WVitnesses VVINIFRED EBERLY, MARY E. MoCoRn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

